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Study: Reading Literature Can Make You Less Racist

WORDS Posted: March 11, 2014 5:10 am

“Narrative fiction offers a rich context in which exposure to out-group culture and (a process of emotional) merging can occur,” the researchers conclude. “Supporting this notion, there is growing evidence that reading a story engages many of the same neural networks involved in empathy.”

WORDS Published: 03.10.14

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